BlackBerry Takes Preorders for Indonesia Smartphone

BlackBerry began taking preorders of the low-cost, Foxconn-made smartphone it’s releasing first in Indonesia, where its devices have traditionally been popular.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based company announced today it expects the phone, called the BlackBerry Z3, to be priced at 2,199,000 Indonesian rupiah (US$189), and that an “official unveiling” of the device will take place in on May 13 in Jakarta.